Federal Conservation Partnerships
Connecting Pinhoti And Appalachian Trails
When the Appalachian Trail was mapped in the 1920s, the plan set out by Benton Mackaye called for a...
Conservation Banking on the Rise in Texas
Conservation banking is experiencing unprecedented interest and demand across the country. A mitigation technique first popularized in California and...
Conserving the Northern Forest
Forests have defined a way of life in the northern New England states of Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine...
Copperhead Hollow State Wildlife Area Project
Warblers, wood thrushes and whip-poor-wills migrating through Illinois gained more room to stretch their wings, thanks to the efforts...
Downeast And Eastern Maine
Eastern Maine and its famed coastal area known as Downeast Maine has a one-of-a-kind beauty, with pristine forests, clean...
Civil War Battlefield Conservation: New Mexico
Glorieta Pass
In March 1862, while Confederates from Texas battled a combined force of U. S. Regulars and volunteers from...
Civil War Battlefield Conservation: Virginia
The Conservation Fund has helped protect a dozen Civil War battlefields across the state of Virginia.
Beaver Dam Creek
We protected 236 acres...
Clark County
The Fund has undertaken several different conservation projects with the Bureau of Land Management in Clark County.
Clark County Grazing...
Congaree Forest
Their mission has always been to protect and defend, but now five military installations are watching over something new:...
Civil War Battlefield Conservation: Focus on Antietam
Known as the bloodiest single-day battle in the Civil War, the battle of Antietam took place on September 17,...
Gettysburg National Military Park
The history of the United States hung in the balance on the first three days of July 1863, as...
Civil War Battlefield Conservation: Mississippi
The Conservation Fund’s work to protect Civil War battlefield sites in Mississippi highlights its dedication to preserving the state’s...
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
In 2012, we helped the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service expand the Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge by nearly 270...
Cheat Canyon
On a perfect September day, West Virginia Governor Earl Ray Tomblin stood high over Cheat Canyon and welcomed the...
Camden Farm
For the past 300 years, seven generations of the Pratt family have lived at Camden Farm on the banks...
Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge
Situated at 3,200 feet above sea level, Canaan Valley is the highest valley of its size east of the...
Cape May National Wildlife Refuge
Every summer, millions of tourists descend upon southern New Jersey’s Cape May peninsula for a bit of rest and...
Caribou-Targhee National Forest
From peaks towering more than 10,000 feet to low-lying grasslands and wetlands, the Caribou-Targhee National Forest is a place...
Blair's Wharf
Completing The James River National Wildlife Refuge
For more than 25 years, the Fund has worked with partners to fulfill their conservation...
Blue Ridge Parkway
As one of the most visited units of the National Park Service (NPS), the Blue Ridge Parkway welcomes more than...
Brandywine Conservancy, Pennsylvania
David Shields of the Brandywine Conservancy often thinks about the fateful day in September 1777 when General George Washington’s...
Bridger-Teton National Forest
The Bridger-Teton National Forest, just southeast of Jackson, Wyoming, encompasses an astounding 3.4 million acres of land. The jagged...
Big Thicket National Preserve
Renowned as the “biological crossroads of North America,” Big Thicket in east Texas is a remarkable mix of southeastern...
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge is often referred to as the “Everglades of the North.” Located in the Chesapeake Bay region,...
Appalachian Trail, Vermont
The Fund helped the National Park Service acquire more than 1,200 acres near the Killington Section of the Appalachian...
Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge
The Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge covers roughly 9,000 acres of barrier island beaches and dunes, shrub-scrub, woodlands, farmlands...
Balancing Nature and Commerce in the New River Gorge Region
In October 2010, the Fund’s Conservation Leadership Network brought together local business leaders, elected officials and public land managers...
Alaska's Cold, Wild Kenai River
Alaska’s wild salmon are a natural and economic wonder. One of the areas where their amazing journey from spawning...
Blackfoot River Special Recreation Management Area
Located in southeast Idaho, east of Pocatello, the Blackfoot River flows through rolling hills, canyons and breath-taking scenery. Here,...
Rocky Fork, Tennessee—completely protected for generations to enjoy
The nearly 10,000-acre Rocky Fork property was once the largest unprotected tract of land in the Southern Appalachians. Located...
